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In 2024, Stop Apologizing for Being Intelligent

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Eugene Rabkin
Jan 01, 2024
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I was listening to a philosophy podcast the other day, and in the middle of the episode the host apologized for boring the listeners with too much theory. It was a weird thing to say on a podcast where theory is the point. But it speaks to the trend that has been permeating our culture for a while now; people apologizing for their intelligence. 

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